November 30, 2024 Thanksgiving week was a huge blast around the Hogan house, so the only News I have is that we released a couple new strumming packs, based on some of my recent lists. ...
August 30, 2024 The response to last week’s instrumentals I ran through was so positive that I figured it was time to get to my list of heavily recommended instrumentals. Of course, we added a ...
August 2, 2024 This week Nesh brought a new artist into the TG Library: Danny Vera and his song Roller Coaster. Danny is well known in The Netherlands, where Nesh grew up and still lives, ...
July 12, 2024 This week we rolled out some great new lesson packs. These are sets of 5-6 songs by a classic band. The new artist packs featured The Alan Parsons Project and REO Speedwagon, ...
June 28, 2024 What do George Harrison, Michel Legrand, Leon Russell, Rodgers & Hart, and even yours truly, have in common with Randy California and Jimmy Page? The answer may be obvious when you hear ...
Jim had been thinking about songs that the TG audience might find particularly interesting and Anna Mae popped into his head. It is a fingerpicking delight, maybe worthy of a lesson here someday.
Ed came in asking about Kathy’s Song by Paul Simon. We have played many other songs with similar progressions and fingerpicking patterns but he wanted to explore some of the specific embellishments that Paul adds ...
The second main song on Beaker’s to-do list was Kelly Joe Phelps’ version of this almost generic blues tune. It is a bunch of fingerpicking licks in the key of G, much like the TG ...